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Euston, we have a problem. It’s you

Mark Hookham, Transport Correspondent

March 1 2015, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

The redevelopment of Euston station has been put on hold (Jospeh Robson/The Euston Arch Trust)

GEORGE OSBORNE’S plan to transform London’s Euston station into a glittering gateway for the HS2 high-speed rail project has been abandoned in favour of an “eyesore” extension that will resemble a “lean-to shed”, it is claimed.

Camden council said there was “no prospect” of a comprehensive redevelopment of Euston for at least 25 years, leaving the proposed London terminus for the £50bn HS2 network as a “national embarrassment”.

HS2 bosses denied that a full-scale overhaul of the station had been ditched, but conceded that the work would be “phased” over many years.

Whitehall sources say a disagreement over how to build HS2’s London terminus has emerged as the biggest threat to the scheme, which would see 225mph trains running to Birmingham and cities in northern…

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